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J. M. HARRDP. Refrigerator.

Patented Oct. '12, 1880.

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J. M. HARROP. Refrigerator.

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UNITED STATES JOSEPH M. HARROP, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,243, dated October 12, 1880.

Application filed July 1, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosErH M. HARROP, a citizen of the United States, resident at Quincy, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Refrigerator and Show-Case; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to refrigerators and show-cases combined; and it consists in the improvements in the construction of the same hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of my improved combined refrigerator and showcase, a portion of the wall of the refrigerator being broken away to show the ice-box and water-cooler. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a partial vertical cross-sectional View taken through the ice-box. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section of the refrigerator, taken along the outer end of the watercooler; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional View through the show-case.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the show-case, having its end walls, B, and its sliding doors 0 0 each composed of two panes, D D, of plate-glass, set in the framing at the ends of the case and in the framing of the doors, respectively, to form air-spaces of an inch or more in depth between said panes D D. The inner panes, D, are set in their frames air-tight, and so also may be the panes D but I have shown the latter notched out at E, in order that the spaces between the said panes may be ventilated through the openings at E. The cold air from the interior of the show-case, when it is refrigerated, comes against thepanes D, and the air surrounding the show-case against the panes D, so that the air in the space between them has a temperature between the two and prevents the escape of the cold air from the interior of the show-case and the admission of warm air to the same.

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The bottom and back of the show-case are each composed of a layer of wood, F, one of building-paper, G, another of wood, H, a second of building-paper, I, and the last and inside one of zinc, J, thereby dispensing with packing the back wall and bottom, as has heretofore been customary. The wood should be of such a nature as not to retain the odor of articles placed in the show-case. The buildingpaper absorbs the dampness generated in the show-case.

The show-case is open at the top, and upon it rests a removable refrigerator, L, a felt or other suitable packing, M, being interposed between them to form an air-tightjoint. The walls of the refrigerator L are packed with charcoal in the usual manner. The style or pattern of the refrigerator when in place upon the show-case is an imitation of the Mansard roof.

Within the refrigerator L, I provide an ice box or receptacle, N, near the bottom of which are ledges 0, on which a tray, P, for supporting the ice rests. Below the tray P is the water-pan Q, which is perforated on all four sides, as shown, and provided with a double bottom, which forms an air-space,'1t. A tube leads from the water-pan Q, to convey the water away from the same as the ice melts, and thereby prevent it from flowing through perforations into the interior of the show-case.

A water-cooler, S, is placed in the refrigerator L beside the ice-box N, and is provided with a cock, T, projecting through the front wall of the refrigerator, by which water may be drawn from the cooler. It is not intended that ice shall be placed in the water-cooler itself, but that the water shall be cooled from the ice placed in the ice-box N.

The ice-box N and water-cooler S have flan ges U at their tops, which rest upon ledges V near the top of the refrigerator. The ledges V have openings W, through which the cold air in the top of the refrigerator may descend to the show-case.

The end walls of the refrigerator are provided in their upper edges with recesses X, which receive projections Y on the under face of the top Z of the refrigerator. The cold air 100 from the ice-box passes through the perforations in the water-pan to the show-case below.

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refrigerator L, having the ice-box N and the water-cooler S, suspended from the ledge V, adapted to cover the entire top of the show- 15 case, in combination with the same, as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH M. HARROP.

Witnesses:

EUGENE R. Cox, W. G. EWING. 

